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Out of the Bedroom #669 is coming from Woodland Creatures in sunny Leith this Thursday, 17th May from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers, poetic hearts, flower children and hay fever sufferers are welcome to our three hours of musical paradise on Earth.

Feature act for #669 is The Trailer Park Saints. The Trailer Park Saints, created by Jonas and Paulius — two Lithuanian natives, friends, and musicians — is a fresh attempt to combine various experimentations in song writing with similar experiments in guitar-heavy soundscapes. Inspired and influenced by the likes of Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, and Swans, The Trailer Park Saints have set out to form their own unique way of blending it all together. Jonas has also played Out of the Bedroom using the alias Skip, the Android.

The review for #668 on 3rd May can be found on the OOTB website and photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: James Igoe, Chris Fogerty, Jim Bryce, Startled Bee, Adam Naylor, Majk Stokes, The Trailer Park Saints, Lach, Andy Hiles, feature act: Dog On A Swing.

Host for the evening James Igoe started the evening off with ‘Inge’s Eyes’. There was a comment about the depth and maturity of his voice tonight; this was entirely down to him having just recovered from a heavy cold! Still, he was happy with his performance [Ed’s note: James, it’s virtually impossible to review your own performance!]. Read the remainder of this entry »

Out of the Bedroom #668 is happening live and direct at Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 3rd May from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. 🙂 Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers, bohemians, free spirits, broken spirits and everyone in between are welcome to come along and enjoy the evening.

Feature act for #668 is Dog On A Swing. Dog On A Swing is the pseudonym under which Ed Ritchie writes and plays music, based in Edinburgh. Sometimes solo, he likes to bring in other musicians on a fluid and flexible basis. DOAS released Autonomy – a debut album about fighting to secure and maintain personal autonomy – last year, and also have two EPs out. The first open mic Ed ever attended was Out Of The Bedroom, so he’s looking forward to DOAS featuring there again!

Host for the evening was Tina Louise Avery who started off with a new song ‘Weave The Sea’. As those who follow Tina know, her songs reflect her love of water. This elegant, uptempo number featured some beautiful singing and was a welcome addition to her strong watery repertoire. I could vividly picture the old man weaving by the sea. ‘Travel Writing’, about a couple growing old perhaps not happily, was performed very pleasantly indeed. ‘Francis’ was about Francis Cadell, a Scottish Colourist who painted seascapes. This was in waltz time and was evocative of Cadell’s paintings (sample lyric: “there I’ll be seated on the chair painted red”). Read the remainder of this entry »

Out of the Bedroom #667 is this Thursday, 19th April. We had an excellent 666 – keeping the forces of darkness at bay (most of the time, we shone the lights in the audience more brightly) – and are again at Woodland Creatures from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. 🙂 Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers, dreamers, writers, knitters, creatives, anti-folkies, folkies and layabouts are welcome to come along and enjoy the evening.

Feature act for #667 is the mighty Ali Tod. Ali is classically trained, but has a genre-defying style that is far flung from the classical guitar. With heavy influence from artists such as Rodrigo y Gabriela and KT Tunstall, Ali has developed a unique blend of percussive guitar and loop mastery, to create an original sound that gets hands clapping, hips shaking and feet stomping.

Was 666 a spooky or otherwise cursed night for OOTB? Not at all, simply a terrific evening of old and new performers and a wide range of musical styles making for a very fine April evening. Read the remainder of this entry »

Out of the Bedroom #666 is coming this Thursday, 5th April! According to some translations of the Bible, 666 is the number of the beast… who, apparently, was the dastardly Emperor Nero. I don’t know if there will be any fiddling while Rome, or anywhere else for that matter, burns but there will be music at Woodland Creatures from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. 🙂 Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers, dreamers, writers, potters, cheesemakers, meek people and fallen Roman emperors are welcome to come along and enjoy the evening.

Feature act for #666 is Scott Candlish. Singer songwriter Scott Candlish is fresh from the release of his second EP in 2017 ‘Home Away from Home’. Originally from Melbourne Scott moved to Edinburgh in the last 12 months and has been hitting the city’s music scene by storm. His influences include Ryan Adams, Ben Howard, Bon Iver and The Tallest Man on Earth.

Out of the Bedroom #665 is this Thursday 22nd March, Springing on from a cracking night two weeks ago with many very high quality performances. Venue is Woodland Creatures from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. and entry is free. Sign up for an open mic slot from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers, dreamers, writers, artists, clowns, jugglers, poets and ne’er-do-wells are welcome to come along and enjoy the evening.

Feature act for #665 is Ewan Stein. Ewan Stein has being playing songs in his head and for select audiences, sworn to secrecy, for over two decades. Some of them he aired while playing guitar and singing for legendary Edinburgh indie band ‘Recliner’. Ewan’s music, influenced by folk and indie rock, is inspired by living and growing in Scotland, Tasmania, the United States and the Middle East.